Metro Achievement Center: A Legacy of St. Josemaría

Social Development at Metro Achievement Center: A Legacy of St. Josemaría Guided by St. Josemaría Escrivá’s passion for social development and the education of youth, the Metro Achievement Center opened its doors twenty-five years ago in the heart of Chicago’s inner city. Metro is one [...]
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Metro Women of Character

A brief look at the impact of Metro Achievement Center for girls, for Chicago urban youth in grades 4-12.
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Children: key to the good of society

Material progress has also created a sense of being well off. How can we help our children love to work?
Tags: Justice, Poverty, Solidarity, Work, Society, Venezuela

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Christian poverty is working to better one's personal situation

During Sunday's Angelus, Benedict XVI made an invitation to live a balanced lifestyle in solidarity with everyone in society while not worrying about the stresses of money. In his speech he recalled that Jesus invited all Christians to lead a simple life without riches. “This [...]
Tags: Detachment, Poverty, Solidarity, Ordinary life

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Abidagba Health Centre, Nigeria

A project of Women’s Board Educational Cooperation Society is a Nigerian not-for-profit organization based in Lagos which delivers healthcare to prevent common diseases in the area. Abidagba Health Centre is located in the grounds of Iroto Rural Development Centre, near the small town of Iloti, not [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, Solidarity, Women, Society, Nigeria

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Fill this land with love

"God will help us to be saints by working at our jobs out of a sense of justice. Not just fulfulling the duties of justice but those of charity too, which means putting our hearts into things."
Tags: Friendship, Charity, Understanding, Justice, Holiness, Solidarity, Love, Society

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You're giving money and you're giving yourself.

Argentina, 1974. St Josemaria was asked, "How can we help others to be more generous with their money?"
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Giving some time, gaining a treasure

St. Josemaría told us that Opus Dei began among the poor and the sick, among generous souls in hospital wards whose condition brought them close to the heart of God. The girls at Eremeran Hills Club in Sydney want to go back to these roots making [...]
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Students pitch in to help Haiti rebuild

Students from Trinidad & Tobago, on North Hall’s Summer 2010 Haiti Outreach Program, spent a week on reconstruction work in Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince, devastated after January’s earthquake. Port au Prince, and especially the downtown area and the surroundings, was devastated by the earthquake [...]
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Dubbo Service Project

In a bid to change the world, I participated in a service project to Dubbo, an inland Australian city with a large Indigenous Australian community. Our project was based in one of Dubbo’s less affluent areas at a community centre where we would run a holiday [...]
Tags: Youth, Solidarity, Australia